Gifted Hands Book Report - 1785 Words

Gifted Hands: a Benson Carson Story By: Julia Murtha While reading this enchanting book, I have realized that I should not let the little things in my life be taken for granted. Ben Carson had a rough child hood, but he was a good kid. As a child he wasn’t the brightest or the richest, but he was a well mannered child. He was teased a lot during his elementary school years, just because he was not the brightest student in his class. He was tired of the constant bullying of his fellow students so, he began to read books. He just kept reading and reading, and the things he read just stuck to him. He became the brightest student in middle school, from the dumbest in elementary. During†¦show more content†¦They wouldn’t have been able to even see each other. So, thankfully he had performed the surgery and gave the young boys a normal life to live. Gifted Hands: A Ben Carson Story Parte 3 By: Julia Murtha As a child, I wasn’t the smartest kid in my class. I had trouble in most of my subjects. The other kids would always tease me and call me stupid; and I was tired of it. In middle school I bean studying and reading much more. I started to figure out that everything I would read, the knowledge from it would stay in my brain. On my free time if I wasn’t reading I would be praying. I starting reading every day and from that, I became the top student of my class. My mother was very proud of me knowing I was once at the bottom of my class and now; I have reached the top. I was able to get into a good high school. Of course at my new school, I was an outcast; not only because I am black but also the way I dressed and for my intelligence. Every day in my first year in high school I had begged my mother for new clothes that would help me fit in, and her response was always a no. Around the same time, I started to realize I had anger problems. One day while I was still worried about fitting in, my mom bought me a new pair of pants. 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